No, do not stop taking your pills. As long as this was not your very first pack of pills (meaning you used the pill last month and there was no gap in time between your two packs) and as long as you have been taking your pill around the same time every single day, the pill should have protected you from becoming pregnant. However, if this was your very first pack of pills and the sex occurred during the first week of your pills, pregnancy is possible. Also missing pills or taking them late can sometimes cause spotting and increase the risk of pregnancy. If you don’t have any bleeding during the placebo pills, take a pregnancy test. If it is negative, repeat the test in two weeks just to be sure. Again, do not stop taking the pill unless you test positive for pregnancy.
If you continue to have irregular bleeding or spotting and you are taking your pills correctly, contact the provider who prescribed your pill.
4. April 2012
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